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Re: Nutritional status of children [message #22436 is a reply to message #22424]

Thu, 11 March 2021 15:55

Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:

Do you mean that you are getting larger percentage below -3 than below -2? You have probably accidentally reversed an inequality sign. Here's the Stata code I would use for height-for-age. You could compare with what you are using.

gen haz=hc70/100 if hc70<600 & hc70>-600
gen stunted=0 if haz<.
replace stunted=1 if haz<-2

gen severely_stunted=0 if haz<.
replace severely_stunted=1 if haz<-3

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		Nutritional status of children By: jamshed on Thu, 11 March 2021 00:13
		Re: Nutritional status of children By: Bridgette-DHS on Thu, 11 March 2021 15:55
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